This is an analysis of the poem Thirst that begins with:

My spirit wails for water, water now!
My tongue is aching dry, my throat is hot ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeeeebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101110101 1101011101 1101110001 1111001101 1101010101 0111010101 1011010101 0101110001 1101010101 1111110101 1101011101 1100010101 1100010101 0111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 592
  • Average number of words per stanza: 110
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, water, when are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

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  • summary of Thirst;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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